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f P anti ARTHUR A. PARKER AND JOHN F. LANDERS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEYVJERSEY.

FENCE -MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,298, dated April 9,1889.

Application filed May 9, 1888. Serial No. 273,343. (ModcL) T0 at whom,it may concern.-

'Be it known that We, ARTHUR A. PARKER and J OHN F. LANDERS, bothcitizens of the United States, and both residing at Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fence-Making Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of the invention consists in the details of construction andcombination, substantially as illustrated in the drawings hereinafterdescribed, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the top of ournewly-inventedfence-weaving machine. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is an end view of the same in elevat-ion. Fig. at is a partialside view of the same. Fig. 5 is another sectional view of the same.Fig. 6 is a detail View illustrating a part of the picket-feed of themachine. Fig. 6 illustrates the same picket-feed. Fig. '7 is atransverse sectional view further illustrating said machine. Fig. 8 is apartial sectional view taken through the axial center of the wheel U ofFig. 7. Fig. 9 is another partial sectional View taken on a line betweenthe wheels U and U of Fig. 7 Fig. 10 is a detail view illustrating oneof the pairs of twistingfingers of said machine.

X designates the frame of the machine. Upon this is journalecl the mainshaft A in boxes of any convenient and wellknown form. One end of saidshaft A projects without said frame. Upon this end is mounted thespur-wheel G and the pulley E, both outside of the frame. Upon theframeX is also journaled in suitable bearings three or more shafts, B BB, parallel to each other and parallel to said main shaft. Upon theseauxiliary shafts B B B" are mounted the spurwheels H H H ,the wheel Hgearing into the wheel G of the main shaft. Upon these shafts B B B aremounted the spools D, upon which wire is wound. The wire of each spoolpasses through a conduit in the inner end of the shaft on which it ismounted.

The main shaft A extends within the machine, and upon its inner end ismounted the bevel-wheel V. Another auxiliary shaft, 0, is journaled inbearings on said frame parthe frame of said machine.

allel to said main shaft. Mounted on the outer end of this shaft G isthe spur-wheel I, which meshes into the spur-wheel G upon the main shaftA. Upon the inner end of this shaft C is mounted the disk-wheel K. Thisdisk-wheel is construct-ed with an eccentric groove in its face. Aconnecting-bar, K couples this disk-wheel to the segmental spurwheel TThis wheel is mounted on a shaft, T which is j ournaled in suitablebearings on This shaft is directly below the inner end of the main shaftA. Directly above this, carried upon. the lower end of the oscillatingshaft S and meshing into the wheel T is the segmental spur- Wheel S Theoscillating shaft S is carried bya shaft, 5'', journaled in the middleof the main shaft, and of a short shaft, T journaled in said frame,directly opposite to and concentric with said main shaft, so that the perimeter of said segmental wheel S and the motion of the said oscillatingshaft S are concentric with the main shaft A.

The bevel-wheel S is mounted on the upper end of the shaft S and meshesinto thebevelwheel V upon the main shaft A. Upon the shaft T is mounteda bevel-wheel, T, which meshes into the wheel S. Upon this shaft T isalso mounted a spur-wheel, T, which meshes into an intermediatespur-wheel, U which is mounted upon a proper bearing in the frame ofsaid machine. Into this intermediate wheel, U meshes the spur-wheel U.The spur-wheels U, U, and U" all mesh together, and are mounted on oneend of short shafts journaled in hearings on the top of said machine.Upon the other end of each of these shafts is mounted a pair oftwisting-fingers. (Designated by i.) These fingers, which are tubular,are each bent into helical form, like the thread ofa screw. Twoconduits, 1, run through the whole lengthof each of said shafts. One ofthese conduits connects with each of the said twisting-fingers, so thata wire from one of said spools D may be drawn through each of saidconduits and each of said twisting-fingers, to be twisted upon the woodpickets while making the fence. These twisting-fingers are given theirpeculiar form in order that if the motion of the twistinghead shouldcontinue a little after the picket is put into the machine-an effect ofthe inertia of the mechanismthe twisting-fingers coming into contactwith the picket will not be marred themselves, nor will they mar thepicket, for on account of their helical shape they will in such caseonly act as a screw to push the picket a little way from thetwisting-head. These twisting-fingers are also set a little apart, sothat they will hold the wiresone on each side of the picket-in properposit-ion to be twisted thereon, and when twisted properly to embracesaid picket. Upon said frame of said machine is also journaled anotherauxiliary shaft, O. A spur-wheel, I, mounted upon the outer end of thisshaft, meshes into the spur-wheel G of the main shaft. A bevel-wheel, L,is mounted on the inner end of said shaft 0. A cross-shaft, M, journaledin proper bearings in the supporting-frame of said machine, is placed atright angles to the shaft 0. Upon this shaft M is mounted a bevel-wheel,L, which meshes into the wheel L upon the shaft 0. Two diskwheels(designated by a and a) are also mount-. ed upon this shaft M. In theface of each of these disk-wheels is an eccentric groove. 0 d designatean oscillating frame, which is pivotally attached to thesupporting-frame of the machine. This frame 0 d is coupled with theeccentrics a a by means of connecting-bars b, which are pivotallyconnected by one end to the said oscillating frame, and upon the otherend carry friction-rollers which work in the eccentric grooves in thedisk-wheels a, so that an intermitted oscillating motion of the frame cd is produced by the revolution of the disk-.

wheels to a. The upper part, d, of this frame a d is provided withdownwardly-projecting fingers e, which work on either side of andbetween the twisting-fingers 2'. The bevel-wheel.

L is mounted upon the end of the shaft M. Meshing into this is a bevelwheel, L mounted upon the inclined shaft M. This shaft M, which isjournaled in proper bearings on the frame of said machine, extendsdiagonally upward above the top of said machine and carries upon its topa disk-wheel, Q. In the face of this wheel is an eccentric groove, h.The pin h carrying a friction roller, works in this groove h. The pinitself is carried by the connecting bar f, which couples the slide hwith said eccentric. This slide moves intermittingly backward andforward in a groove in the top of said machine as the disk-wheel Qrevolves.

The pulley P is mounted upon the shaft M and connected with the pulley Pof the shaft N by the belt P". The shafts N and N carry pulleys R R R R,which are connected bythe belts R and R Upon the inner end of the outershaft, N, is mounted a bevel-wheel, 0*, which meshes into anotherbevel-wheel, O, mounted upon one end of the shaft Z. This shaft Z isjournaled in bearings upon the frame of the machine and carries apulley, Z, upon its inner end. Upon this, in connection with the pulleysZ, Z, and Z is stretched the belt 2, so that when the pulley Z revolvesthe belt travels over the said pulleys, the pulleys Z and Z being soplaced that the belt z running over them will have its upper surface alittle above the lower surface of the way through which a picket musttravel to enter the machine. Above these pulleys Z and Z are placed bentsprings z to press said picket down upon the said belt as it enters themachine.

This machine is used for making a fence with wooden pickets and wire.The ends of the wires k, which were wound upon the spools D, are broughtthrough the conduits in the shafts and through the twisting-fingers, ashereinbefore described. The machine is then put in motion by means of abelt running on the pulley E and connecting with a power. Then thepickets to be secured in place are laid side by side,parallel to eachother, across the belts R R", as illustrated by g in dotted lines inFig. 1. The motion of these belts will carry the pickets toward thegroove in which the slide h works. As soon as one of the pickets arrivesat the proper place, it will be pushed endwise toward the fingers 'i. Assoon as its end arrives between the belt 2 upon the pulley Z and thespring 2' it will by the action of said belt be carried forward intosaid machine between the twisting-fingers and into proper position to bemade into fence. the twisting-fingers 11 are still, and the fingers e ofsaid frame 0 d are stationary behind the picket; but when the picket isin proper place, the eccentric at having revolved far enough, the frame0 d begins to move and the fingers e to push the picket out sidewise, atthe same time the oscillating shaft S having completed its motion oneway,through which no motion is transmitted by the wheel S, be

gins to move the other way. Immediately the wheels U U and U, the shaftson which they are mounted, and the twisting-fingers, begin to turn. Thetwisting-fingers 'i, by reason of their helical shape, acting like ascrew upon the picket, assist the fingers e of the frame 0 cl in pushingsaid picket outward from the twisting-heads, neither marring the picketnor being marred themselves by their contact therewith. After the picketin its outward motion has passed the points of the twistingfingers thesaid fingers, by reason of their rotary motion, twist the two wires heldby each pair of fingers upon each other, so that they embrace the picketand are twisted between the fingers and the picket. When the picket hasmoved far enough from the twisting-fingers and sufficient length of wirehas been twisted between the twisting-fingers and the picket, theeccentrics a draw back the frame c d, the oscillating shaft S, havingcompleted its stroke, turns the other way, the twisting During this timethe frame a d and apparatus ceases to revolve, and another picket ispushed into the machine by the slide h, ready to be worked into thefence, as This may be continued before described.

until the machine has made a fence of suffi-' twisting-fingers mountedupon the end of cient length.

It is obvious that the shafts B B B" may be placed at any convenient anddesirabledistance apart, so that the wirespools may be made of anydesired size. It is also obvious that there may be any desired number ofthese shaftsone for each separate line of wire to be woven into thefence. In any case, however, there must be one shaft carrying thetwistingfingers for each shaft carrying spools.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in afence-making machine, with a supportingframe, arevoluble main shaft journaled in said frame, a spurwheel and pulleymounted upon one end of said shaft without said frame, and a bevelcog-wheel mounted upon the other end of said main shaft within saidframe, of parallel auxiliary shafts mounted in bearings upon said frameabove said main shaft, a train of spurwheels mounted upon said auxiliaryshafts meshing together, and one of them meshing into the spur-wheelupon said main shaft, spools mounted upon said auxiliary shafts, uponwhich wire may be wound, to be conducted through conduits in the innerends of said auxiliary shafts, another auxiliary shaft journaled inbearings upon said frame, a spurwheel upon one end of such shaftwithout; said frame and meshing into the spur-wheel on said main shaft,a disk-wheel having an eccentric groove in its face, mounted upon the,other end of said shaft within the said frame and connected to asegmental spur-wheel by a connecting-bar, said connecting-bar, saidsegmental spur-wheel mounted upon a shaftf journaled in said frame andconnected, as aforesaid, with said disk-wheel, whereby facility isafforded to oscillate said segmental wheel, another segmental wheelattached to an oscillating shaft and meshing into said first-mentionedsegmental wheel, said oscillating shaft mounted upon a cross-shaft andcarrying upon its upper end a beveled gearwheel, meshing into the wheelupon the inner end of said main shaft, said bevel-wheel supported bysaid oscillating shaft and said cross-shaft, said cross-shaft beingjournaled in the center of said main shaft, and in a short shaftjournaled in said frame opposite said main shaft, a bevel-wheel mountedupon one end of said short shaft and meshing into the bevel-wheel uponsaid oscillating shaft, a spurwheel mounted upon the other end of saidshort shaft and meshing into an intermediate spur-wheel mounted upon ashaft secured in said frame, a train of spur-wheels mounted uponparallel shafts meshing together, and one of them meshing into saidintermediate wheel, a series of parallel shafts journaled in hearings onsaid frame and upon which the wheels of said train are mounted, the saidparallel shafts having conduits throughwhich the wires from said spoolsare conducted to twisting-fingers, and a pair of helioally-bent each ofsaid shafts and composed of tubes through which said wires pass toaiford facility for twisting the same, all substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, in afence-making machine, with a supporting-frame, arevoluble main shaft journaled in said frame, a spurwheel mounted uponone end of said shaft without said frame, and a bevel wheel mounted uponthe other end of said main shaft within said frame, of an auxiliaryshaft journaled in hearings on said frame, a spur- .wheel mounted uponone end of said shaft within said frame, a connect ng-bar connect-' ingsaid disk-wheel and a segmental spurwheel, a shaft journaled in saidframe,whereon said segmental wheel is mounted, the construction andarrangement of said diskwheel, said connecting-bar, and said segmentalwheel being such as to afford facility for oscillating said segmentalwheel, another segmental spur-wheel mounted upon the lower end of anoscillating shaft and meshing into the first-named segmental wheel, saidoscillating shaft carrying said segmental wheel and 'moving upon across-shaft journaled in the center of said main shaft by one end, andby the other end in the center of a short shaft journaled in said frameopposite to and concentric with the said main shaft, so that theperiphery of the segmental wheel upon said oscillating shaft andtheoscillating motion of said shaft shall be concentric with said mainshaft, a bevel-wheel mounted upon the upper end of said oscillatingshaft, meshing into the bevel-wheel on the end of said main shaft andactuated thereby, a bevel-wheel mounted upon the end of said short'shaftand meshing into the bevel-wheel upon said oscillating shaft, the saidthree bevel-wheels, said oscillating shaft, said two segmental wheelsand the connecting-bar being so arranged and combined that although themain shaft and the bevel-wheel mounted upon it is in continual rotationin one direction, and the bevel-wheel on the oscillating shaft is alsoin continuous rotation, the rotary motion is only communicated by thebevel-wheel on said oscillating shaft to the bevel wheel on the shortshaft, as said wheel is carried one way by the motion of saidoscillating shaft, and when moving the other way this bevel-wheel on theoscillating shaft rolls over the wheel 011 the short shaft and impartsno motion to it, thus an intermittent motion is produced and the saidwheel on the said short shaft, the said short shaft, and all themechanism propelled by them are periodicallystill and periodically inmotion at regular intervals, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, in a fence-making machine, with a supporting-frame,a revolublemain shaft journaled in bearings in said' frame, a spur-wheelmounted upon said main shaft without said frame, an auxiliary shaft alsojournaled in bearings in said frame, a

spur-wheel mounted upon one end of said auxiliary shaft without saidframe and meshing into the spur-wheel upon said main shaft, and abevel-wheel mounted upon the other end of said auxiliary shaft Withinsaid frame, of a cross-shaft journaled in bearings upon said frame atright angles to said auxiliary shaft, a bevel-wheel mounted upon saidcrossshaft and meshing into the bevel-wheel upon the end of saidauxiliary shaft, two diskwheels mounted upon said cross-shaft, eachhaving an eccentric groove in its face, an oscillating frame reachingover the upper part of said machine, pivoted by its lower part to thelower part of said supporting-frame, connecting-bars pivotally attachedto said oscillating frame, and by means of friction-rollers working inthe eccentric grooves of said diskwheels, connecting them with saidoscillating frame, and downwardly-projecting fingers attached to theupper part of said frame, and constructed and arranged to push picketsout of said machine when the same have been properly placed to receivewire to be twisted upon them, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. The combination, in a fence-making machine, With a revoluble mainshaft journaled in bearings upon the supporting-frame of said machine, aspur-wheel mounted upon said main shaft, an auxiliary shaft journaled inhearings in said frame, parallel to the said main shaft, a spur-wheelmounted upon one end of said auxiliary shaft without said frame andmeshing into the spur-wheel upon said main shaft, and a bevel-wheelmounted upon the other end of said auxiliary shaft within said frame, ofa cross-shaft journaled in said frame at right angles to said auxiliaryshaft, a bevel-wheel mounted upon said cross-shaft and meshing into thebevel-wheel upon said auxiliary shaft, another bevel-wheel mounted uponthe end of said cross-shaft, an inclined shaft also mounted in bearingsin said frame, and extending upward diagonally above the upper part ofsaid machine, a bevel-wheel mounted upon the lower end of said inclinedshaft and meshing into the bevel-wheel on the end of said cross-shaft, adisk-wheel upon the upper end of said inclined shaft, an cecentricgroove in the face of said disk-wheel, a slide moving in a groove in thetop of said machine and propelled by a connecting-bar, coupling it tothe eccentric of said disk-wheel, so that facility is alforded forpushing pickets into said machine, substantially as hereinbeforespecified, a pulley mounted upon ihe said cross-shaft, anothercross-shaft journaled in the frame of said machine parallel to thefirst-named cross shaft, a pulley mounted upon said last-namedcross-shaft and connected by a belt with the pulley on said firstnamedcross-shaft, a beveLwheel mounted on v the end of said last-namedcross-shaft, an auxiliary shaft journaled in said frame at right anglesto the cross-shaft, a bevel-wheel on one end of said auxiliary shaftmeshing into the bevel-wheel on the said cross-shaft, a pulley on theother end of said auxiliary shaft, and three other pulleys arranged onproper bearings on the frame of said machine, a belt running over thesaid pulleys, and so arranged that it will be in proper position toengage and carry a picket into said machine, and springs arranged topress said picket down upon said belt as it passes into said machine,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a fence-making machine, the combination, with the revolving mainshaft A, journaled in bearings on the frame of said machine, thebevel-wheel V, mountedupon said main shaft, the shaft 0', mounted uponsaid frame, as specified, and connected with said main shaft by means ofa gear-wheel on each shaft meshing together, and an eccentric wheel uponsaid shaft 0, of the short shaft S, journaled, as specified, in the mainshaft A, and the short shaft T, the oscillating shaft S mounted uponsaid shaft S", the

bevel-wheel S, mounted upon said oscillating eccentric wheel upon saidshaft 0', the shaft T journaled in the frame of said machine and havingthe axis coincident with the said main shaft, and a train of wheelsconnecting said shaft T with the twisting-heads of the machine, and allso constructed and arranged that, by means of said mechanism, when thesaid main shaft is continuously turned in one direction an intermittentrotary motion will be imparted to the said twisting-heads, subsantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a fence-making machine, the tubular helically bent twistingfingers 'i, mounted upon revoluble shafts journaled in the frame of saidmachine, and constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In a fence-making machine, the combination, with the supporting-frameX, the

upon the same shaft 0, the segmental wheel connecting the disk-wheel Kand the segmental wheel T, the shaft T", mounted in bearings in saidframe and carrying the segmental wheel T, the segmental wheel 5*,mounted upon the lower end of the oscillating shaft S, mounted on thecross-shaft S, the cross-shaft S, journaled in the main shaft A, and theshort shaft T, the bevel-wheel S, mounted upon the oscillating shaft Sand meshing into thewheel V, the bevel-wheel T, mounted on the shaft Tand meshing into the bevel-wheel S, the shaft T, journaled in said frameopposite to and concentric with said main shaft A, the spur-wheel T,mounted upon said shaft T, the wheel U, mounted upon a bearing securedto the frame of said machine and meshing into the wheels U and T, thespur-wheels U U U meshing together and mounted on short shafts journaledin the frame of said machine, the said shafts, and the twisting-fingersi, mounted thereon, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a fence-making machine, the combination, with the frame X thereof,the main shaft A, journaled on said frame, the spurwheel G, mounted uponsaid main shaft, the auxiliary shaft C, also 'journaled in said machine,the spur-wheel I, mounted upon said shaft 0 and meshing into the wheel Gupon said main shaft, and the bevel-Wheel L, mounted upon said shaft C,of the shaft M, journaled on said frame X at right angles to said shaft0, the bevel-Wheel L, mounted upon said shaft M and meshing into thebevel-wheel L upon said shaft 0, the disk-wheels a and a, havingeccentric grooves in their faces, the oscillating frame 0 cl, pivoted tosaid supportingframe X and reaching over the top of said machine, thedownwardly-projecting fingers e, fastened to the upper part of saidoscillating frame 0 d, the bars I), connecting the said oscillatingframe 0 d with the eccentric grooves of the disk-wheels a, thebevel-wheel L, mounted upon the cross-shaft M, the inclined shaft M,journaled on said supporting-fram e, the bevel-wheel L, mounted uponsaid shaft M and meshing into the bevel-wheel L upon the shaft M, thedisk-wheel O, mounted upon said shaft M, the eccentric groove h in theface of said wheel 0, the pin and frictionroller it", moving in saideccentric grooves, the slide it, moving in a groove in the top of saidmachine, the barf, connecting said slide with said eccentric grooves,the pulley P upon the shaft M, connect-ed to the pulley P by the belt Pthe shafts N and N, journaled in said supporting-frame, the pulleys PBBB and R, mounted upon said shafts N and N, the belts R connecting thepulleys R, the bev el-wheel O mounted upon the shaft N, the shaft Z,journaled in bearings on said frame, the bevel-wheel O, mounted uponsaid shaft Z and meshing into the bevel-wheel O on the shaft N, thepulley Z, mounted upon said shaft Z, the pulleys Z" Z Z mounted onbearing fastened in said frame, the belt ,2, connecting said pulleys Z ZZ Z", and the springs z, fastened upon thesaid machine above said wheelsZ and Z to aiford facility for drawing a picket into saidmachine, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a fence-making machine, the combination, with the supporting-frameX, the main shaft A, journaled in said frame, the pulley E, thespur-wheel G, and the bevel-wheel V, all mounted on said main shaft A,the shafts B B B also journaled in said frame, the wheels H H H, mountedupon said shafts B B B, the spools D, upon which wire lnay be Wound,mounted upon the same shafts, the shaft 0, journaled in said frame, thespu r-Wheel I, mounted upon said shaft 0 and meshing into the wheel G,the disk-wheel K, mounted upon the shaft 0, the segmental wheel Tmounted upon the shaft T the bar K connecting the disk-wheel K and thesegmental wheel T the shaft T mounted in hearings in said frame, thesegmental wheel S mounted upon the lower end of theoscillating shaft S,the oscillating shaft S, mounted on the cross-shaft S, the shaft S,journaled in the main shaft A, and the short shaft T, the bevel-wheel S,mounted upon the oscillating shaft S and meshing into the wheel thebevel-wheel T, mounted upon the shaft T and meshing into the bevelwheelS, the short shaft T, journaled in the said frame opposite to andconcentric with said main shaft A, the spur-wheel T, mounted upon saidshaft T, the wheel U mounted upon a bearing secured to the frame of saidmachine and meshing into the wheels U and T, the spur-Wheels U U U,meshing together and mounted on short shafts journaled in the frame ofsaid machine, the said shafts, and twisting-fingers mounted thereon, ofthe shaft O, journaled in the frame of said machine, the spur-wheel I,mounted upon said shaft C and meshinginto the wheel Gupon said mainshaft, the bevel-wheel L, mounted upon said shaft 0, the shaft M,journaled in said frame X at right angles to said shaft C, thebevel-wheel L, mounted upon said shaft- M and meshing into the wheel Lupon'the shaft 0, the disk-wheels a and a, having eccentric grooves intheir faces, the oscillating frame 0 d, pivoted to said supporting-frameX and reaching over the top of said machine, the dowmwardly-projectingfingers e, fastened to the upper part of said oscillating frame, thebars 1), connecting the eccentric grooves of the said disk-wheels a withsaid oscillating frame, the bevel-wheel L mounted upon the cross-shaftM, the inclined shaft M, journaled on said supporting-frame, thebevelwheel L mounted upon said shaft M and meshing into the bevel-wheelL upon the shaft M, the disk-wheel Q, mounted upon said shaft M, theeccentric groove h in the face of said wheel Q, the pin andfriction-roller 11/, moving in said eccentric groove, the slide h,

moving in a groove in the top of said machine,

the bar f, connecting said slide and said eccentric groove, the pulley Pupon the shaft M, connected to the pulley P by the belt P, the shafts Nand N, journaled in said supporting-frame, the pulleys P R R R and R,mounted upon said shafts N and N, the belts R connecting the pulleys R,the bevel-Wheel O", mounted upon the shaft N, the shaft Z, journaled inbearings in said frame, the bevel-wheel O, mounted upon said shaft Z andmeshing into the bevel-wheel O on the shaft N, the pulley Z, mountedupon said shaft Z, the pulleys Z Z Z mounted on bearings ARTHUR A.PARKER. JOHN F. LANDERS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. WV. RUBIEN, THOMAS BROWN.

